Suswam is a thug - Ortom

Written By Idoma Television on Thursday, June 16, 2016 | 1:42:00 PM

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has justified the new policy
of his administration that declared Friday as work-free day for workers
in the state’s employ, stressing that the decision was taken to allow
workers ample time on their farms at the cropping season.

Addressing State House correspondents yesterday after meeting with
the acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, the Governor averred that those
criticizing the new policy are “ignorant”, stressing that, “The
programme is well received.”He went on to explain, “Benue State has comparative advantage in
agriculture. Now, we are finding it difficult to pay salaries. We are
down by four months at the state level and five months at the local
government level.

“Coming to a state that is more of civil service, I have said that I
have declared Fridays as public holidays because this is cropping
period. They should go to the farm between now and the end of July that
is cropping period. This can help because no matter how little, whatever
they contribute in agriculture will add value to the state economy.

“In any case, because there are no salaries, you know the morale of
workers is even low. Apart from that, the money to prosecute good
projects is not there.“Even when you did not declare Friday, it is as good as they go there and still do nothing,” the Governor argued.For Advert: Call 08171607004, 09058228464
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